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Bach on the bandoneon.
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The Chaconne is actually the final movement of the Partita #2 for solo(!) violin. The wide chords and fugal parts and arpeggios across 4 strings tuned in fifths actually don't work reasonably on normally spaced keyboard instruments. A CBA would probably work in converter mode (Stradella is plain out for those kind of sparse harmonies), but the "typewriter-style" arrangement of buttons on a bandonion actually works rather swimmingly.
On the violin, this piece plays as "written for it, not against it" in that the technical difficulty of the piece is a bargain compared to the richness and complexity of the music. The payoff is similar for lute. And it does appear that it fits the bandonion very well, too.
Probably even in its original key of D Minor. Let me check: yes, but huh. Checks out perfectly with my accordion, but my accordion is tuned to 440Hz. So he does not appear to play a historically tuned instrument, but it does not exactly look like a new one.
Here is a violin rendition; unfortunately I haven't found a version by Hilary Hahn with visuals (she has a "kitchen recording" of partita 3 well worth watching and listening).
On the violin, this piece plays as "written for it, not against it" in that the technical difficulty of the piece is a bargain compared to the richness and complexity of the music. The payoff is similar for lute. And it does appear that it fits the bandonion very well, too.
Probably even in its original key of D Minor. Let me check: yes, but huh. Checks out perfectly with my accordion, but my accordion is tuned to 440Hz. So he does not appear to play a historically tuned instrument, but it does not exactly look like a new one.
Here is a violin rendition; unfortunately I haven't found a version by Hilary Hahn with visuals (she has a "kitchen recording" of partita 3 well worth watching and listening).
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